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Date:      Sat, 13 May 2000 18:56:37 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Arun Sharma <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A new api for asynchronous task execution
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005131854550.47945-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000513095335.A15911@sharmas.dhs.org>

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On Sat, 13 May 2000, Arun Sharma wrote:

> Would it be a good idea to add SMP locking to the queue now, rather than
> later ? I think there should be one per queue and it should be a part
> of the queue structure. 

I agree that the queue should have a mutex to protect itself. Since we
haven't finalised the api for mutex locking (we will almost certainly use
the BSD/OS one), I can't add anything yet but I will when the new SMP
work starts.

-- 
Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 20 8442 9037




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